Getting There

Ulsan is not a difficult city to get to or away from once you are in Korea. If you have time and your own mode of transport that is.

The airport has no international flights and it is not possible to fly direct from Incheon Int’l upon landing. Thus almost all of those arriving into the city by air will have transferred to Gimpo airport in Seoul and flown down from there.

It is possible to fly into Gimhae Int’l airport in Busan. A direct bus from outside the terminal can have you in Ulsan in just over an hour.

Other than that getting to and from the city involves using a bus of some kind. Buses from all over the country arrive and depart from the Samsandong express bus terminal on an almost ‘shuttle service’ basis. Seoul is six hours away with good traffic.

Trains are available, sprinkled throughout the day, but are only as fast as the bus service in some cases. However they are cheap and perhaps more comfortable only for the fact that they have toilets. The buses do not.

It is possible to take the high-speed train service, the KTX, from Seoul to the city of Daegu and then transfer to a bus or train which will bring you into Ulsan. It will not reduce journey times too much but is an alternative some people do use.

As for the roads, it has a fair share of modern expressways and highways that make getting here none too difficult from another city (by private means of course).

Yet there are no ferry services despite the number port facilities available.

By any means of transport then, getting to Ulsan can be a slow and time consuming thing if you are not flying. It is a situation that leaves many people scratching their heads. Especially after considering the size of the city, it’s population and the heavy industry present with funds to make the necessary improvements.